It sounds like you're looking for a reason to keep it, msduncan, and if that's the case just do so and enjoy it. It may not be what I would do, but my situation is different than yours as is everybody elses. You should be able to get some great playtime out of a couple new games and some PS2 games until the next wave of releases hits next spring.

To clarify on what Hetz said, the Japanese version of Motorstorm (without online) will be released next week. The US version with online won't be out until March at least.

I must be the only one that thinks it looks really cheezy to have the close-up little sound stage stuff up front and obvious CG paintings in the background. I loved Sin City and it's visual style, but this one does not look appealing to me.

Well, for anybody else looking for a GC, Toys 'R' Us is having a 2-day sale with a platinum GC, 4MB memory card, Super Monkey Ball 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 all for $99. Not dirt cheap, but certainly affordable.

If there can't be "console holy war" posts, what exactly is anyone supposed to talk about?

You know, games and shit. The fun stuff. Things that don't make my head asplode. The constant back and forth hyperbole gets really old and it would be nice to just see some moderation peppered in there.

If it were me I would probably sell it for a few reasons. First, it seems like you probably have lots of other gaming to do with the Wii, 360 and PC and there isn't quite enough unique content to justify the purchase yet (to me). I also avoid the launch hardware game of Russian roulette.

More importantly, perhaps, is the fact that it would please your wife to be able to buy you surprises instead of you buying this for yourself right now.

Funny thing, I'm absolutely terrible at bowling in real life (avg 70s, best is around 120s). My high in Wii bowling is 212 with a pretty consistent 190s. I'll let you know how I do next time I hit a bowling alley.

Well, don't feel too bad if you don't triple your regular score. There is a slight difference between moving a remote back and forth and hitting a button and doing the approach with correct movement and release of a ball of up to 16 pounds.

There is a volunteer PC recycling group here in town (Free Geek) that will take computers or parts and rebuild them into usable computers and give them away to individuals or non-profit organizations. Any parts that are broken or can't be reused are responsibly recycled.

A lot of my older parts find their way into my family's computers since even my old gamer gear is usually faster than their stuff.

And to sidetrack again - I thought that images in sigs were a no-no. This is why images in sigs were disabled in the first place. Impressive little bit of trickery to get around it.

Yeah, I'm not sure what the dealio is with that. I know they had disabled them quite a while ago, but at one point recently KD mentioned about upcoming changes to that policy when they do the upgrade thingy on the forums early next year or whenever. Who knows.

Maybe I'm one in a million but I still prefer the 'all natural' woman.. big fake tits just don't do it for me. Ah well, I guess I should accept change because 50 years from now all women will have plastic jelly chests..

Hey now...you can't call them 'fake' tits. Seriously, when you build a new addition onto your house you don't call it the 'fake' room. In both cases it is simply 'property enhancement'.

Try finding a model without implants though...the 'natural' ones have about as much boob as my desk.

"Warren Jamez and J-Beats demonstrate their street bike skills in ALMOST FAMOUS 2. The two stunt riders bring their talents from southern California across the Mexican border into Rosarito and show everyone what they (and their bikes) can do. "

Yeah, I actually agree with Kobra, there are a lot of good Euro games out there. I remember Earth 2150 (I believe that was the first one) was a dang good experience. Colin McRae Rally was really fun (until the evil starforce came with it), and lets not forget The Guild 2. Indigo Prophecy was a Euro game also and got generally good marks. Don't generalize all of Euro gaming into one clump due to a few bad games. I could also say that EA makes all of the American games look bad too.

Agreed on those games. Also, Jowood published Rally Trophy (from the makers of FlatOut 1/2) and that was a pretty sweet, bug-free game.

Yup, but I think they are doing it for performance reasons, just like a lot of 360 games.

Motion-bluring is actually an after effect that has to be applied to the rendered frame and requires more processing power and memory than simply rendering a "clean" frame. It is used to simulate the blur you would see through a camera and give a better impression of high speeds.

Go straight to MyGamerCard.net, put in your GamerTag, select your Theme style (his is Gamebar, mine is Sig) and then hit Generate GamerCard Code. Copy and paste the BBC code into your signature and you are good to go.

Back to the topic at hand...I've never heard of the Brown Screen. Is that normal?

I agree about the lack of games this holiday season, Gears of War was/is about the only big one for me. But I guess that's alright since I'm spending too much money buying things for other people as it is.

I don't even have this game but I thought you guys might be interested in this. Apparently you can get the patch via the in-game updater and check out all the fixes and changes here. And boy are there a lot of them.

I think it's a possible valid arguement that playing some games on a smaller screen might be a problem. Not only will it have to be squished or cropped to fit in the widescreen format, but reading the text may be a serious problem for RPGs and such.

Yeah, I just rewatched it and saw why he threw the grenade-shield. The first time I saw it things didn't register quite right, I guess.

Still, I'm not going to get a hardon for a silly CG trailer. I'm sick of 'em. Use them in-game if you must (although in this day and age there is little reason to), but advertise the actual game and not some fake clip.

Hooray for more people checking this one out! I'll admit I'm a fanboy for this series, but I think it is one of the best games of it's kind and about the only on the PC.

Rumor has it (gleaned from Empire's financial reports) that they are working on a title called FlatOut: Total Carnage for the 360 (and probably PC, too). I'm pretty excited to see what these guys can do with a next-gen system.